Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is taking various measures to ensure interests of Vietnamese labourers working abroad, especially in such large markets as the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan and Taiwan (China), in the face of COVID-19 outbreaks there. The ministry said on February 24 that aside from re-counting Vietnamese workers in the countries and territories affected by the disease, it is devising plans for assisting them and quarantining those returning home. It is also carrying out diplomatic solutions to exchange information with managing agencies of the host countries, while working out response measures in case foreign markets stop receiving workers from Vietnam. Notably, the MoLISA has launched a mobile app for connecting and providing urgent support for the labourers, especially those in the RoK and Japan, and those taking part in the programmes implemented by the Centre of Overseas Labour. Additionally, it is also … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Ministry works to support Vietnamese guest workers
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Hanoi proposes isolating arrivals from South Korea epidemic areas for 14 days
Recent days have seen the district become more active in supervising people from China and the RoK, with prevention activities to combat the epidemic receiving greater publicity, schools being disinfected, and body temperatures scanners being purchased as a means of serving students upon their return to school. … [Read more...] about Hanoi proposes isolating arrivals from South Korea epidemic areas for 14 days
No coronavirus infection reported among Vietnamese in RoK
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs reported that more than 50,000 Vietnamese people are working in the Republic of Korea. 4,000 of them are in Gyeongbuk province which houses Daegu city, the epicenter of the outbreak in the Republic of Korea. “There’s been no report on infections within the Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea to date. Labor support centers in South Korea are providing updated information about the epidemic and preventive measures to Vietnamese workers,” Tran Thi Van Ha, head of the communications office of the Ministry’s Department of Overseas Labor told VOV. … [Read more...] about No coronavirus infection reported among Vietnamese in RoK
Vietnam has full capacity to perform COVID-19 diagnostic testing
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long speaks at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. WHO has transferred standard techniques for detecting the novel coronavirus for three qualified medical facilities in Vietnam – the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, the Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang and the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi, according to the deputy minister. … [Read more...] about Vietnam has full capacity to perform COVID-19 diagnostic testing
No Vietnamese worker infected with COVID-19 in S.Korea, Japan: embassies
Nguyen Gia Liem, deputy general director of the Department of Overseas Labor Management under the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, confirmed the information to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on the same morning after a meeting on updates about Vietnamese workers in South Korea and Japan in light of unusual developments of the viral disease there. … [Read more...] about No Vietnamese worker infected with COVID-19 in S.Korea, Japan: embassies
